BERKSHIRE IS TO PORK WHAT WAGYU IS TO BEEF
Mailman Farms
ABA Registered Breeding Stock
Since 2016
WE ARE NOW SOLD OUT FOR SPRING 2024. WE CAN ACCEPT DEPOSITS FOR A FULL LITTER FOR FALL 2024 OR CONTACT US IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN A WHOLE OR HALF PIG.
Please email your name, phone number, and what you need, and we will respond with where to send the $50 deposit, per piglet or $100 deposit for ABA registered. Once we have received your deposit you will be placed on the waitlist for registered or unregistered piglets.
When you contact Mailman Farms please consider the following:
1. Do you have other pigs? Piglets do not do well by themselves.
2. Do you want your Berkshire registered with the ABA?
4. Do you want male or female?
5. If you want a male, do you want him castrated or not castrated?
We have been taking $50 deposits, per piglet, and $100 deposits for registered for Spring 2024. Now is the time to get your name on our Spring 2024 waitlist. Waitlist customers are called in the order they are received. All deposits are non-refundable unless your order cannot be filled. Our 2024 prices will remain the same as last year. $150 unregistered and $250 registered. Price includes deposit.
We are expecting our 2024 piglets to start being born around the end of February to the middle of March. They would be ready to pickup within 8 weeks.
​PLEASE NOTE: If the customer chooses to delay the scheduled pickup date, there will be an additional charge of $5.00 per day, for each piglet. All deposits are non-refundable unless your order can not be filled. All piglets are given iron shots, dewormed and castrated unless otherwise requested.
Meet The Team
Dutton
Purebred Australian Shepherd
Koa
Purebred Rottweiler
Meow Meow
Purebred Barn Cat
What’s The Difference Between Berkshire Pork And Regular Pork?
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What makes Berkshire pork chop special?
Berkshire pork is renowned for its richness, texture, marbling, juiciness, tenderness and overall depth of flavor. It is thought by many to be the Kobe beef of pork. It is said to have a very specific taste, not generic and bland or mild like regular pork.
Where do Berkshire pork chops come from?
Berkshire pork comes from a heritage breed pig. With a long history that goes back some 300 years in England, this black-and-white pig is highly regarded for juicy, tender, and flavorful pork which is heavily marbled with fat. Known as Kurobuta pork in Japan, Berkshire is to pork what wagyu is to beef.
Is Berkshire pork healthy?
Berkshire pigs actually have more unsaturated fat (versus high levels of saturated fat) than conventionally bred pigs (classified as “meat-type pigs”). When cured, Berkshire meat makes unsurpassed hams, charcuterie, and salamis, and our famous Pasture Prime farm cured bacon.
Are Kurobuta and Berkshire the same?
Kurobuta – which means “black pig” in Japanese – is better known as Berkshire pork in the English-speaking world. The juicy pork comes from the same type of pig; an old English breed, distinctively black, with white feet and snout. Kurobuta is gourmet pork from Berkshire, a heritage breed hog with a history in Japanese cuisine. Known for fine, abundant marbling, Kurobuta pork is juicy and flavorful.
Does Berkshire Pork Taste Different?
Berkshire pork looks and tastes like no other pork meat. Unlike commodity pork or “The Other White Meat”, Berkshire pork is visibly different. It has a darker, richer color with an abundance of intramuscular marbling- comparable to prime beef. Its flavor is distinctive with an unparalleled tenderness for pork.